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User Manual
MN032006EN
Effective December 2017
415U Condor-long-range
wireless I/O and gateway
EATON
www.eaton.com
GNU General public license
Eaton is using a part of Free Software code under the GNU General
Public License in operating the 415U products. This General Public
License applies to most of the Free Software Foundation’s code and
to any other program whose authors commit by using it. The Free
Software is copyrighted by Free Software Foundation, Inc., and the
program is licensed “as is” without warranty of any kind. Users are
free to contact Eaton at the following web address: www.eaton.
com/wireless for instructions on how to obtain the source code used
for the 415U.
A copy of the license is included in GNU Free Document License at
the end of the manual.
Important notice
ELPRO products are designed to be used in industrial environments
by experienced industrial engineering personnel with adequate
knowledge of safety design considerations.
ELPRO products use communications channels that are subject to
noise and interference. The products are designed to operate in the
presence of noise and interference, but in an extreme case noise
and interference can cause product operation delays or operation
failure. Like all industrial electronic products, ELPRO products can
fail in a variety of modes due to misuse, age, or malfunction. We
recommend that users and designers design systems using design
techniques intended to prevent personal injury or damage during
product operation, and provide failure tolerant systems to prevent
personal injury or damage in the event of product failure. Designers
must warn users of the equipment or systems if adequate
protection against failure has not been included in the system
design. Designers must include this Important Notice in operating
procedures and system manuals.
These products should not be used in non-industrial applications, or
life-support systems, without first consulting Eaton.
To avoid accidents during maintenance or adjustment of remotely
controlled equipment, all equipment should be first disconnected
from the 415U module during these adjustments. Equipment should
carry clear markings to indicate remote or automatic operation. For
example: “This equipment is remotely controlled and may start
without warning. Isolate at the switchboard before attempting
adjustments.”
The 415U modules are not suitable for use in explosive
environments without additional protection.
The 415U modules operate proprietary protocols to communicate.
Nevertheless, if your system is not adequately secured, third parties
may be able to gain access to your data or gain control of your
equipment via the radio link. Before deploying a system, make sure
that you have carefully considered the security aspects of your
installation.
Release notice
This is the update release of the 415U Wireless I/O and Gateway
User Manual version 2.11, which applies to configuration software
version 2.1.0.10 and firmware version 2.11. This user manual covers
models 415U-2-C and 415U-E-C and Hazardous Location models
415U-2-C-EX and 415U-2-E-C-EX.
Follow instructions
Read this entire manual and all other publications pertaining to the
work to be performed before installing, operating, or servicing this
equipment. Practice all plant and safety instructions and precautions.
Failure to follow the instructions can cause personal injury and/or
property damage.
Proper use
Any unauthorized modifications to or use of this equipment outside
its specified mechanical, electrical, or other operating limits may
cause personal injury and/or property damage, including damage to
the equipment. Any such unauthorized modifications: (1) constitute
“misuse” and/or “negligence” within the meaning of the product
warranty, thereby excluding warranty coverage for any resulting
damage; and (2) invalidate product certifications or listings.
Product disposal
When your product reaches the end of its useful life, it is important
to take care in the disposal of the product to minimize the impact on
the environment.
General instructions
The product housing is made of die-cast aluminum
(aluminium) and may be recycled through regular metal
reclamation operators in your area.
The product circuit board should be disposed according to your
country’s regulations for disposing electronics equipment.
Europe
In Europe, you can return the product to the
place of purchase to have the product disposed in
accordance with EU WEEE legislation.
Deployment of Eaton products in customer environment
There is increasing concern regarding cybersecurity across
industries, where companies are steadily integrating field devices
into enterprise-wide information systems. This is why Eaton
has incorporated secure development life cycle in their product
development to ensure that cybersecurity is addressed at all levels
of development and commissioning of our products.
There is no protection method that is completely secure.
Industrial Control Systems continue to be the target for attacks.
The complexities of these attacks make it very difficult to have a
complete secure system. A defense mechanism that is effective
today may not be effective tomorrow as the ways and means
of cyber-attacks constantly change. Therefore it’s critical that our
customers remain aware of changes in cybersecurity and continue
to work to prevent any potential vulnerability of their products and
systems in their environment.
At Eaton we are focusing on analyzing emerging threats and
ensuring that we are developing secure products and helping
our customers deploy and maintain our solutions in a secure
environment. We continue to evaluate cybersecurity updates that
we become aware of and provide the necessary communication
on our website as soon as possible.
Eaton strongly recommends our customers to apply the deployment
practices that are outlined in the appendix to this document
“Secure Hardening Guidelines” on
page 79
.